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190508:Click here for my story about hooking up a 1943 Vibroplex keyer to a raspberry pi tone generator for CW ("continuous wave") morse code sending practice.

190313: Starting to learn Morse Code using the online website lcwo.net which you can remember from the acronym "Learn CW Online". There are lots of sites and programs you can use, but this one is free and easy to use. I like it so far - its something I've always wanted to learn.

190216: The ARISS decided to do an another event this weekend with the same images. I ran out during the day on Friday at work, and all day Saturday to acquire as many images as I could. I've been updating my ISS post with new images as I get them.

190209: I managed to capture an image from the ISS - read full report here. The resulting image wasn't great, but I got the software set up and working and actually received something sent from a space station which is freaking awesome!

190208: Read an announcement that the ISS would be doing an event this weekend, Feb 8-10, 2019

190106: On the LIMARC tech net, Curtis (missed call sign) asked about a radio that he bought on Amazon by SocoTran - model ST-7900d which he was having difficulty programming. One suggestion might be to try using Chirp instead of the software which comes with the radio (that wouldn't run on his PC) because Chirp supports this radio. Some investigation suggests the SocoTran is a re-branded QYT model KT-7900d. If so, this video should help him program his radio, or at the very least googling QYT instead of SocoTran should help

190102: Mentioned this awesome On Air light that I got for Christmas made from a box from Savers. The light is battery operated and has a remote with a timer.

181010:JS8CALL by Jordan Sherer (KN4CRD) is still very much in development but promises a much faster FT8Call which is basically texting over the radio. I mentioned how I thought this might be the future of ham radio given that I never see kids talking on phones but only texting. Originally heard about this in this QRZ forum post